Hellfire

“A contemporary Patricia Highsmith”

Irish Times

“Fossum writes humane thrillers which perturb and chill”

Observer

“Fossum's intelligence compassion...is not often found in the pages of crime fiction”

Donna Leon, Sunday Times

“A superb writer of psychological suspense”

New York Times

“There’s always something dark hovering on the edge of the page, something about getting what you wish for and the crushing irony when that gift proves your undoing”

New York Times Book Review

“Superb... less a police procedural than a portrait of a society in crisis... the slow, deliberate revelation of the story behind the crime is dramatic and heartbreaking”

Publishers Weekly

“Fossum traces the parallels between the mothers and sons so patiently, precisely, and compassionately that even fans who know all too well what's bound to happen when their paths converge will be shocked into fresh grief themselves”

Kirkus Reviews

“One of Karin Fossum’s best crime stories... Fossum expertly captures the nuances of everyday life and the way in which people struggle to make sense of life... Karin Fossum is in a class of her own as a crime writer”

Dagsavisen, Norway

“The opening scene showcases Fossum at her best – the dank camper van, the heat and the brutal murders. The detailed, subdued tone; the grotesque in the middle of the everyday”

Dagbladet, Norway

“High-quality crime of the best, international standard. She has now focused her attention on a novel which, in my opinion, has to be one of her very best... So disturbing, riveting and painful that you can’t help but be drawn in”

Tønsberg Blad, Norway